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Boundary integral methods in high frequency scattering
In this article we review recent progress on the design, analysis and implementation of numerical-asymptotic boundary integral methods for the computation of frequency-domain acoustic scattering in a homogeneous unbounded medium by a bounded obstacle. The main aim of the methods is to allow computation of scattering at arbitrarily high frequency with finite computational resources
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An integral equation method for a boundary value problem arising in unsteady water wave problems
In this paper we consider the 2D Dirichlet boundary value problem for Laplace’s equation in a non-locally perturbed half-plane, with data in the space of bounded and continuous functions. We show uniqueness of solution, using standard Phragmen-Lindelof arguments. The main result
is to propose a boundary integral equation formulation, to prove equivalence with the boundary value problem, and to show that the integral equation is well posed by applying a recent partial generalisation of the Fredholm alternative in Arens et al [J. Int. Equ. Appl. 15 (2003) pp. 1-35]. This then leads to an existence proof for the boundary value problem.
Keywords. Boundary integral equation method, Water waves, Laplace’
Folgen der Europäischen Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschäftigungspolitik für demokratische Geschlechterverhältnisse
Mit dem Amsterdamer Vertrag wurde die supranationale Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschäftigungspolitik konsolidiert und mit der europäischen Geschlechterpolitik zusammengeführt. Erstmalig stellt das neu eingeführte Beschäftigungskapitel einen Zusammenhang zwischen Gleichstellungs- und Antidiskriminierungsrecht sowie Maßnahmen zur Integration von Frauen in die nationalen Arbeitsmärkte her. Neben der Chancengleichheit als eine vertraglich festgelegte Norm und dem Gender Mainstreaming-Programm gilt die Methode der offenen Koordinierung (OMK) als ein weiteres wichtiges Instrument zur Umsetzung der europäischen Zielvorgaben und Leitlinien. Ausgehend von der Frage, ob und inwiefern die europäische Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschäftigungspolitik tatsächlich als ein weiterer Meilenstein auf dem Weg zu demokratischen Geschlechterverhältnissen betrachtet werden kann, wird in einem ersten Schritt ein Überblick über die Entwicklung des Politikfeldes gegeben. In einem weiteren Schritt werden die Effekte der europäischen Arbeitsmarkt -und Beschäftigungspolitik auf gesellschaftliche Geschlechterverhältnisse skizziert. In diesem Zusammenhang wird gezeigt, dass die Verschränkung der EU-Gleichstellungspolitik mit der europäischen Beschäftigungsstrategie die Wirksamkeit des Antidiskriminierungsrechts schwächt und zu einer marktgerechten Erneuerung ungleicher Geschlechterverhältnisse in den nationalen Mitgliedstaaten führt<br
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Condition number estimates for combined potential boundary integral operators in acoustic scattering
We study the classical combined field integral equation formulations for time-harmonic acoustic scattering by a sound soft bounded obstacle, namely the indirect formulation due to Brakhage-Werner/Leis/Panic, and the direct formulation associated with the names of Burton and Miller. We obtain lower and upper bounds on the condition numbers for these formulations, emphasising dependence on the frequency, the geometry of the scatterer, and the coupling parameter. Of independent interest we also obtain upper and lower bounds on the norms of two oscillatory integral operators, namely the classical acoustic single- and double-layer potential operators
Validation of a CFD Approach for Gas Turbine Internal Cooling Passage Heat Transfer Prediction
This report describes the development and application of a validated Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling approach for internal cooling passages in rotating turbomachinery. A CFD Modelling approach and accompanying assumptions are tuned and validated against academically available experimental results for various serpentine passages. Criteria of the CFD modelling approach selected for investigation into advanced internal cooling flows include accuracy, robustness, industry familiarity, and computational cost.
Experimental data from NASA HOST (HOt Section Technology), Texas A&M, and University of Manchester tests are compared to RANS CFD results generated using Fluent v14.5 in order to benchmark a CFD modelling approach.
Capability of various turbulence models in the representation of cooling physics is evaluated against experimental data. Model sensitivity to boundary conditions and mesh density is also evaluated.
The development of a validated computational model of internal turbine cooling channels with bounded error allows for the identification of particular shortcomings of heat transfer correlations and provides a baseline for future CFD based exploration of internal turbine cooling concepts
Positronium collisions with rare-gas atoms
We calculate elastic scattering of positronium (Ps) by the Xe atom using the
recently developed pseudopotential method [I. I. Fabrikant and G. F. Gribakin,
Phys. Rev. A 90, 052717 (2014)] and review general features of Ps scattering
from heavier rare-gas atoms: Ar, Kr, and Xe. The total scattering cross section
is dominated by two contributions: elastic scattering and Ps ionization
(breakup). To calculate the Ps ionization cross sections we use the
binary-encounter method for Ps collisions with an atomic target. Our results
for the ionization cross section agree well with previous calculations carried
out in the impulse approximation. Our total Ps-Xe cross section, when plotted
as a function of the projectile velocity, exhibits similarity with the
electron-Xe cross section for the collision velocities higher than 0.8 a.u.,
and agrees very well with the measurements at Ps velocities above 0.5 a.u.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures, submitted to J. Phys.
Many-Task Computing and Blue Waters
This report discusses many-task computing (MTC) generically and in the
context of the proposed Blue Waters systems, which is planned to be the largest
NSF-funded supercomputer when it begins production use in 2012. The aim of this
report is to inform the BW project about MTC, including understanding aspects
of MTC applications that can be used to characterize the domain and
understanding the implications of these aspects to middleware and policies.
Many MTC applications do not neatly fit the stereotypes of high-performance
computing (HPC) or high-throughput computing (HTC) applications. Like HTC
applications, by definition MTC applications are structured as graphs of
discrete tasks, with explicit input and output dependencies forming the graph
edges. However, MTC applications have significant features that distinguish
them from typical HTC applications. In particular, different engineering
constraints for hardware and software must be met in order to support these
applications. HTC applications have traditionally run on platforms such as
grids and clusters, through either workflow systems or parallel programming
systems. MTC applications, in contrast, will often demand a short time to
solution, may be communication intensive or data intensive, and may comprise
very short tasks. Therefore, hardware and software for MTC must be engineered
to support the additional communication and I/O and must minimize task dispatch
overheads. The hardware of large-scale HPC systems, with its high degree of
parallelism and support for intensive communication, is well suited for MTC
applications. However, HPC systems often lack a dynamic resource-provisioning
feature, are not ideal for task communication via the file system, and have an
I/O system that is not optimized for MTC-style applications. Hence, additional
software support is likely to be required to gain full benefit from the HPC
hardware
Virtual Data in CMS Analysis
The use of virtual data for enhancing the collaboration between large groups
of scientists is explored in several ways:
- by defining ``virtual'' parameter spaces which can be searched and shared
in an organized way by a collaboration of scientists in the course of their
analysis;
- by providing a mechanism to log the provenance of results and the ability
to trace them back to the various stages in the analysis of real or simulated
data;
- by creating ``check points'' in the course of an analysis to permit
collaborators to explore their own analysis branches by refining selections,
improving the signal to background ratio, varying the estimation of parameters,
etc.;
- by facilitating the audit of an analysis and the reproduction of its
results by a different group, or in a peer review context.
We describe a prototype for the analysis of data from the CMS experiment
based on the virtual data system Chimera and the object-oriented data analysis
framework ROOT. The Chimera system is used to chain together several steps in
the analysis process including the Monte Carlo generation of data, the
simulation of detector response, the reconstruction of physics objects and
their subsequent analysis, histogramming and visualization using the ROOT
framework.Comment: Talk from the 2003 Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics
(CHEP03), La Jolla, Ca, USA, March 2003, 9 pages, LaTeX, 7 eps figures. PSN
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Major tectonic units of the North China Craton and their Paleoproterozoic assembly
The basement of the North China Craton can be divided into the Eastern and Western Blocks and the Central Zone (Trans-North China Orogen). The West Block formed by the amalgamation of the Ordos Block in the south and the Yinshan Block in the north 1.9-2.0 Ga ago. In 1.8-1.9 Ga, the Eastern and Western Blocks were amalgamated along the Central Zone to form the North China Craton.published_or_final_versio
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